CVE-2006-0766

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, and possibly other Windows versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to hide malicious file extensions and bypass Windows security warnings via a filename that ends in an assumed-safe extension such as JPG, and possibly containing other modified properties such as company name, icon, and description, which could trick a user into executing arbitrary programs.

Affected products

Mirabilis Icq: 2003a, 2003b
Mirabilis Icq Lite: 4.0, 4.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425078/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16655
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425078/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16655

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